Cable-reel turner.



PATENTED MAY 15, 1906. J. GLEELAND. CABLE REEL TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1906.

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CABLE REEL TURNER.

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CABLE-REEL TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed January 8,1906. Serial ND 295,203.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN OLEELAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Oa- ,and then specificallydesignated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a side view of a cable-reel with the reel-turner in place.Fig. 2 is a top view of a cable-reel with the reel-turner in place. Fig.3 is a side view of the angle-iron 8, with the socket-bolt 9, washer 10,and nut 11 in osition. Fig. 4 is a front view of the knucile-hingedjoint and angle-iron 8 in position. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of theangle-iron 8, showing the knuckle-hinged joint in position. Fig. 6 is anend view of the angle-iron 8, with the socket-bolt 9, washer 10, and nut11 in position.

1 is the cable-reel and does not relate to my invention.

2 is the cable and does not relate to my invention.

3 is the reel-bar on which the cable-reel is mounted.

4 is the screw-j ack, on which the reel-bar is supported.

5 is the vertical rod and forms part of my invention.

6 represents the holes in the T-iron lever 7.

7 is the T-iron lever.

8 is the angle-iron, with teeth or notches in both legs to prevent itsli ping on the edges of the reel when the han le is lowered and whichforms a part of my invention.

9 is the socket-bolt, in which the hooked end of the vertical rod 5rests, forming the knuckle-hinged joint, which forms a part of myinvention.

10 is a washer which is filed out so as to fit snugly and firmly down onthe angular surface of the angle-iron 8, as shown in Fig. 5.

11 is a nut which fits on the threaded end of the socket-bolt 9. v

12 is a bolt with a threaded end which holds the vertical rod 5 and theT-iron lever together.

13 is a rabbit-cared nut which screws onto the threaded end of the bolt12.

14 is the handle-bar.

When the cable-reel is mounted on the reel-bar 3, which in turn ismounted on the screw-jacks 4, the T-iron lever 7, which runs horizontalwith the reel-b ar 3, is connected at points indicated by holes 6, asshown in Fig. 1, to the forked end of the vertical rod 5 on each side,as shown in Fig. 4, by the threaded bolt 12 and rabbit-eared nut 13, sothat when the handle-bar 14 is raised the vertical rod 5, thoughstationary with the T-iron lever, will not be rigid.

The other or upper end of the vertical rod 5 is hooked, as shown in Fig.4, and is hooked into and rests in the socket of the socketbolt 9,forming a knuckle-hinged joint. On the socket-bolt 9 rests theangle-iron 8, which has teeth or notches in both legs and which is heldfirmly in place by the washer 10 and the nut 11. When the handle-bar 14is raised, the angle-iron 8 is allowed to tip-over on its side, with theteeth or notches turned toward the handle-bar 14 by means of theknucklehinged joint, and the angle-iron moves forward on the arc surfaceof the cable-reel 1 a proportionate distance as the handle-bar 14 israised, as indicated by the dotted position of the T-iron lever 7 andvertical rod 5 in Fig. 1. Then as you lower the handlebar 14 theangle-iron 8 is allowed to turn over, with the teeth down, thus takinghold on the edges of the cable-reel 1, thus forcing the reel to turn.

This device can be adjusted to fit differentsize cable-reels by means ofchanging the vertical rod 5 to the different holes 6 shown in the T-ironlever 7.

One man can accomplish as much work with the assistance of thisreel-turner as four men could without it.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is The combination ina cable-reel turner, of a IIO hooked, which is hooked into the socket ofa I In testimony whereof I have hereunto afsooket-bolt, and asocket-bolt, together with fixed my signature in the presence of two anangle-iron, with teeth or notches in both subscribing witnesses.

legs, resting firmly or rigidly on said socket- JOHN CLEELAND. bolt bymeans of a washer and nut screwed i Witnesses:

onto the threaded end of the socket-bolt, all ED. F. MOKEE,

substantially as set forth. FRANK OBRIEN.

